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Media & Communications Corner: The $700 Billion Bailout and How Some Law Firms Missed an Opportunity

Nicholas Gaffney

Editor's Note: I am pleased to announce that Nick Gaffney of Infinite Public Relations has joined our Board of Editors. We welcome Infinite PR as the regular authors of the Media & Communications Corner. The company provides strategic media relations and communication services for leading professional services firms. Infinite's extensive, award-winning experience counseling the legal and accounting industries on proactive strategic media relations campaigns and crisis communication matters makes them a positive addition to our newsletter.…

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Law Firm Leadership: An Economic Stimulus Plan for Law Firms

David Freeman

Wall Street and Main Street are not the only places that need a paddle to the chest. While many firms look to cut costs to stop the bleeding, this alone is not a prescription for a return to health. Here's what to do.

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Revisiting MLF 2008: What You Missed!

Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi

At the beginning of a new year, we always look back on the year that was. The Year in Review, beginning herein, will present a pared-down reprint of one article from each of the last 12 issues of MLF (six articles this month and six next month).

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What's New in the Law

Robert W. Ihne

Highlights of the latest equipment leasing cases.

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The Disappearance of Qs: A Knockout Punch to Securitizations?

Michael J. Venditto

Proposed changes to accounting rules for securitization vehicles will further challenge this already fragile market, threatening its role as a significant source of liquidity.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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NJ & CT News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Important news from neighboring states.

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Equitable Distribution of the Appreciation in Value of Separately Owned Residences

Marcy L. Wachtel & Lori K. Meyer

In last month's newsletter, the authors discussed recent case law concerning the equitable distribution of the increased value of separately owned primary and secondary homes. Not all of these cases are in line with one another, leading them to the question: "How are courts really deciding who will benefit from increases in value in separately owned homes?"

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Postnuptial Pact Challenge Goes Forward

Mark Faas

In the first case to interpret the latest amendment to a perplexing New York matrimonial statute, a state judge has ruled that a Long Island woman may challenge the validity of her postnuptial agreement 12 years after it was signed, notwithstanding the three-year statute of limitations.

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Court of Appeals Update: 2008

Marcy L. Wachtel

As it does each year, New York's Court of Appeals issued some significant family-law related decisions in 2008. As the new year begins, it's a good time to look back on the important decisions of last year that every New York matrimonial law practitioner should be aware of.

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